The Vice Chancellor of
Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Professor Francis Otunta, has
announced the discovery of a drug which he claims is potent to cure HIV/AIDS.
Otunta told newsmen at
the university campus on Wednesday, February 1, that the finding followed years
of scientific research by the institution.
He said that the
breakthrough was made by Prof Maduike Ezeibe, a researcher in the university.
According to him,
Ezeibe had presented the drug to the University management, Senate and Council,
where he explained the processes he went through to arrive at his finding.
The VC also said that
Ezeibe had equally presented the drug to his colleagues in the medical field
and nobody had contradicted his finding.
Otunta said that the
university was in the process of mass producing the drug for further clinical
trials on persons living with HIV/AIDS in the country.
Ezeibe, who is a
professor of Veterinary Medicine and Clinical Virology, said that the drug was
produced with Aluminum Silicate and Magnesium Silicate (Synthetic
Aluminum-Magnesium Silicate).
He said that the two
minerals “are already in use as medicines for the treatment of various animal
and human diseases”.
He said that 10
persons living with the disease, “who volunteered’’, were made to apply through
their doctor to the VC.
“They were treated
daily with the Medicinal Synthetic Aluminum-Magnesium Silicate (50 mg/kg),” he
said.
Ezeibe said that the
volunteers were subjected to monthly tests for viral loads and CD4-lymphocyte
counts.
“With the antiviral
effects of the medicine, its ability to reach all cells (as nanoparticles) and
the lymphocytes, there is no more hiding place (sanctuary) for HIV,” he said.
He said that the
medicine had been used to potentiate Ampicilin, Chloroquine, Piperazine and
Sulphadimidin, among others, and could be a major foreign exchange earner for
Nigeria, if approved by relevant authorities.
According to him, “local
and international medical companies will find the product as a veritable raw
material”.
Ezeibe said that he
presented the research findings to the World Virology Conference in Atlanta in
2015, and Antonio (Texas) in 2016.
-news24nigeria
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